Mumbai: The biggest infrastructure project in the metropolis — the 22-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) — may have been bagged by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), but its connectivity to the proposed new airport in Panvel and the Mumbai-Pune expressway still remains in question.
According to senior officials in the authority, this connectivity will mainly depend on a go-ahead from state public works department (PWD) as well as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
While the MMRDA has in the past announced that it will connect the MTHL to the expressway and the new international airport, there has been no formal communication with other agencies concerned.
“The distance between Chirle [where the MTHL ends] and the new airport site is 10.5km, while that from the link to the expressway is approximately 18.5km. There is basic connectivity up to the expressway available at present via National Highway-4B [also known as the Panvel bypass]. However, we may need a better road to carry the traffic coming from the MTHL.
For this, the MMRDA will have to initiate dialogue with the PWD and the NHAI,” said a senior authority official.
MMRDA chief engineer SR Nandargikar said that the existing roads are sufficient to bear the traffic.
10/05/11 Ninad Siddhaye/Daily News & Analysis
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